All times in Arabic
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The time 16:45 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ الخَامِسَةُ إِلَّا رُبعًا .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu al-khaamisatu 'illaa rub3an
This Arabic time expression literally means the 5th hour except a quarter
Below, I go through the details of the time expression.
as-saa3atu = the clock
السّاعَةُ (pronounced as-saa3atu) means the clock
Learn how to write clock in Arabic
al-khaamisatu = the 5th
الخَامِسَةُ (pronounced al-khaamisatu) means the 5th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 5th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
رُبعًا (pronounced rub3an) means quarter. Fifteen minutes is a quarter of an hour.